Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [det] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where direct sunlight is received for much of the day , its heating effect is severely restricted by high winds and high humidity ( Green & Harding 1983 ) . |
| 2 | Dr. Thackeray had never seen or prescribed for any of the patients at the asylum . |
| 3 | Both teams 's lack of scoring power always threatened a goalless draw and there was little to suggest the deadlock would be broken for most of the match . |
| 4 | Although we had been in the land of constant daylight for several days , the sun had been hidden for much of the time by high cloud . |
| 5 | A phased return of responsibility from the army to the civilian police was begun in 1976 and had been completed for most of the region by early 1977 . |
| 6 | Lane accepted it without comment , although at another time he might have pressed for more of an answer ; he was n't a man who liked to be kept in the dark . |
| 7 | The British , who play the Americans in three more Tests as part of their extensive preparations for Barcelona , dominated for much of the match , but their poor shooting form , combined with a great display by the home goalkeeper , denied them . |
| 8 | The seascape , dominated for most of the year by grey sky , grey sea , brown sand , was splashed with bright colours today : a white motor-boat whining past dragging a water-skier in a brilliant orange wet suit ; a wind-surfer 's sail bellying out in blue and red stripes , silver heart-shaped helium balloons joggling above the slow-moving crowds ; women in egg-yolk yellow , lime green , shocking pink … . |
| 9 | Following this initial research , a questionnaire was designed for each of the core services of audit and tax which was sent to either the chief executive or finance director of 100 client companies . |
| 10 | On the one hand it led to the concept of art education rather than craft training , with the professor-student relationship substituted for that of the master-apprentice . |
| 11 | For a sample with different atoms the result is simply a superposition of those expected for each of the constituent atoms . |
| 12 | Moreover , in contrast to much of Buxtehude , the spaces are occupied for most of the day so that space is not freed for other uses , such as children 's play or adults ' talk . |
| 13 | Sterling was probably overvalued for most of the period from 1950 to 1967 , especially against the European and Japanese currencies [ Allsopp , 1979 ] . |
| 14 | The trouble was that after they were born , children had to wait for six years before they could be sent to school and forgotten for most of the day . |
| 15 | Labour 's employment spokesman was blamed for much of the confusion which arose at the TUC on the issue . |
| 16 | Although world trends are blamed for much of the plight of the unemployed , some blame must lie in bad fiscal policy . |
| 17 | Chauthala 's supporters were blamed for much of the fraud , and his continued survival as Chief Minister during March and April reflected his father 's influence at the central level . |
| 18 | The newcomers often act as easily identifiable scapegoats who can be blamed for many of the deprivations which the contemporary rural population suffers — ; poor amenities , remoteness from the centres of private and public decision-making , and so on . |
| 19 | It was a time when strikes were being blamed for most of the country 's ills , and Lord Hodson said : ‘ The injury and suffering caused by strike action is very often widespread as well as devastating and a threat to strike would be expected to be certainly no less serious than a threat of violence . ’ |
| 20 | On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage . |
| 21 | Residents are being urged to boycott the supermarket blamed for most of the problems . |
| 22 | Engine noise is very well subdued for most of the time , although the V6 does start to sound hoarse at high revs on the rate occasions that the automatic gearbox allows you access to them . |
| 23 | The system was based on an ordinary mouldboard plough with a vertical rotor added for each of the mouldboards , and with a series of curved cutting tines on each of the rotors . |
| 24 | The area was evacuated for most of the day as police searched for other devices . |
| 25 | Where the ground is frozen for most of the year , soils that contain water remain solid except for a brief spell each summer , when they thaw to a depth that varies with latitude and local conditions . |
| 26 | The size of each domain-specific dictionary is shown in Table 4.3 Test documents were selected for each of the domains , approximating to 17 sentences in each ( the same documents as used in the early investigations in Chapter Three ) . |
| 27 | Female choice probably has selected for many of the properties of courtship , such as the ‘ zigzag ’ display and red belly of male sticklebacks . |
| 28 | Brian Ervine ( Ballydrain ) , last year 's Northern Ireland champion , brings a wealth of experience to the side , and although sidelined for much of the season due to a thigh injury , will be operating at full throttle in France . |
| 29 | Brian Ervine ( Ballydrain ) , last year 's Northern Ireland champion , brings a wealth of experience to the side , and although sidelined for much of the season due to a thigh injury , will be operating at full throttle in France . |
| 30 | On the second of these , the captain , Leslie Ames , was injured for much of the time and Worrell was appointed his deputy . |